Conflicting priorities: Evaluation of an intervention to improve nurse-parent relationships on a Tanzanian paediatric ward

Human Resources for Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Manongi, Rachel N ^a   Nasuwa, Fortunata R ^a   Mwangi, Rose ^a   Reyburn, Hugh ^a,b   Poulsen, Anja ^a,c   Chandler, Clare I R ^b  

^a KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL CENTRE   (Tanzania)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

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EID: 67650745598     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14784491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1478-4491-7-50     Document Type: Article

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